Leonard Manasseh

Leonard Sulla Manasseh OBE RA PPRWA (21 May 1916 – 5 March 2017) was a British architect, best known for the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, which he co-designed with Ian Baker.

[7][8] He served as a council member for various architectural associations[4] and, in 1989, he was elected the first architect president of the Royal West of England Academy,[9] a post he undertook until 1994.

[10] He published numerous articles in architectural magazines and, together with Roger Cunliffe, wrote Office Buildings for B.T.

[17] National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/27) with Leonard Manasseh in 1998 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.

[2] They had three children, a daughter, Rebecca, and two sons, Amos and Phineas, and the extended family lived at 6 Bacon's Lane, Highgate, a house designed by Manasseh that was completed in 1959.